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Liberty and Tyranny

23 October 2009

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When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. -Thomas Jefferson Spoken by someone who knew what he was talking about.

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Temptations

13 August 2008

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O how the world to evil allures me! O how my heart is tempted to sin! I must tell Jesus, and He will help me Over the world the vict’ry to win. – Elisha A. Hoffman, “I Must Tell Jesus,” verse 3 A few months ago, during a worship service, I was playing “I Must [...]

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Proverbs 3:1-6

27 July 2008

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My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, for they will prolong your life many years and bring you prosperity. Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name [...]

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Faith

7 May 2008

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Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11:1

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Prosperity

30 January 2008

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Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. Proverbs 10:4

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Wisdom from an old man

3 October 2007

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One of my favorite lines from the movie Secondhand Lions is spoken by Hub, the character played by Robert Duvall: Sometimes the things that may or may not be true are the things a man needs to believe in the most[...] that honor, courage, and virtue mean everything; that power and money, money and power [...]

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The Serenity Prayer

15 June 2007

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God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference. –Reinhold Niebuhr What an awesome prayer… I saw this on a “thinking of you” card several months ago and it has stuck with me. I finally looked it up and [...]

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Biblical guidance from The Lord of the Rings

14 December 2006

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Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. There are other [...]

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A great quote by C. S. Lewis

31 March 2006

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A man can no more diminish God’s glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, ‘darkness’ on the walls of his cell. – C. S. Lewis How true…

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